Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Chorley
- Town
- Bretherton
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 54825
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Current location
West side of church room.
Bretherton Congregational Church
B5247
Bretherton
Chorley
Lancashire
PR26 9AH
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 47328 20463
Denomination: Congregational
- Description
- Rectangular wall mounted marble tablet inset into a large marble surround. Engraved names.
- Inscription
- TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 1918/ (NAMES)/ BY THEIR SACRIFICE WE LIVE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Green, Marble
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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